1953
Born in Shanghai, China 
1978
Admitted to the oil painting department at the Central Academy of Fine Arts as the first postgraduate class after the Cultural Revolution
2000
Appointed professor at the Tsinghua University

Selected Solo Exhibitions 
1998
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Center for the Arts
1995
National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
1994
Art Centre of Design, Pasadena
1984
Adams House, Harvard University
1983
Wally Findley Gallery, New York

Selected Group Exhibitions 
2008
FACING CHINA, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck
Painting Exhibition by Chen Danqing, Ma Kelu and Feng Lianghong, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China 
2007
La Cina è Vicina, PAN, Palazzo delle Arti di Napoli, Naples
2003
Chinese Contemporary Art, Ludwig Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Budapest
M_ARS, Art and War, Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz
Spring Group Exhibition, Art Beatus, Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
2001
Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
"Still Paint--Wang Xingwei & Chen Danqing",China Art Archives & Warehouse(CAAW), Beijing,China
1997
Sandra Gering Gallery, New York
1992
California Institute of Arts, California
1991
Baruch College Gallery, New York
1987
Santa Ann Modern Art Museum, Santa Ann, California
1986
Montgomery Gallery, San Francisco
1984
Cork Gallery, Lincoln Centre, New York
1982
Smith College Museum of Art
1977
National Art Exhibition, Beijing